Novel dual-Brillouin-frequency optical fiber for distributed temperature sensing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7197, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dragic, Peter D ^a  

^a Neolight Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Distributed temperature sensing; Fiber sensors; SBS

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MODE; BEAT FREQUENCY; BEAT SIGNALS; BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN FREQUENCY; BRILLOUIN GAIN; DESIGN GOAL; DETECTION SCHEME; DIRECT DETECTION; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; FIBER SENSORS; GAIN EQUALIZATION; HETERODYNE DETECTION; LINEAR TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; OPTICAL MODES; OVERLAP INTEGRALS; SBS; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE SENSING; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

CHEMICAL BONDS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HETERODYNING; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SENSORS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONICS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

FIBERS;

EID: 65649084194     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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